A.“καθήσω” A.Eu.555(lyr.): aor. 1 καθῆκα, Ep. “καθέηκα” Il.24.642: 2dual aor. 2 “κάθετον” h.Ap.487: pf. “καθεῖκα” Lysipp.1, D.29.46: (v. ἵημι):—let fall, drop, send down, κὰδ δὲ [κεραυνὸν] . . “ἧκε Χαμᾶζε” Il.8.134; “κατὰ δ᾽ ὑψόθεν ἧκεν ἐέρσας” 11.53; οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα I have sent the wine down my throat, 24.642; καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι sink them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, 21.132; [ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν we let them down, lowered them, Od.9.72; “λαῖφος καθήσειν” A.Eu. l.c.; σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ. let it down by a cord, Hdt.5.16; σῶμα πύργων κ. E.Tr.1011; κοντὸν ἐς [τὴν λίμνην] κ. Hdt.4.195; “ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἅλα” E.Hel.1614; ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ ib. 1375; “καθεῖσαν δέλεάρ μοι φρενῶν” Id.IT1181 (so metaph. “τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε” D.29.46); “κ. τι ἐς πῶμα” E.Ion1034; “νάρθηκ᾽ ἐς πέδον” Id.Ba.706; κ. σπονδάς pour them, Id.IA60; τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, S.Aj.1285; “ἄγκυραν” Hdt. 7.36; “τὰ δίκτυα” Arist.HA533b18; κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην, of a sounding-line, Hdt.2.28: abs., καθιέναι reach by sounding, sound, “οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν” Arist.Mete.351a13: Medic., [αὐλίσκον] pass a catheter, Ruf.Ren.Ves.7.11; οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε （παρὰ προσδοκίαν for οἷον ἄγκιστρον) Ar.V.174; λόγους συμβατηρίους κ. make offers of peace, D.C.41.47; κ. πεῖραν make an attempt, Ael. VH2.13, NA1.57; εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας let one's hair flow loose, E. Ba.695, cf. IT52; κ. πώγωνα let one's beard grow long, Ar.Ec.100, cf. Th.841, Arr.Epict.2.23.21 (Pass., “τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι” Crates Com.27; “πώγωνα καθειμένος” Plu.Phoc.10; “τὸ γένειον αὐτῷ καθεῖτο” Ael.VH11.10); [αἱ ὄϊες] “μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν” Arist.HA596a24 (Pass., of a mare's udder, Hdt.4.2); also τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν carry them down to the sea, Th.5.52 (Pass., “καθεῖτο τείχη” 4.103); καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying, Pl.Phd. 61c; κατ᾽ ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω (sc. τὰ σκέλη） καθέντος, of a wrestler, Gal.6.143; κ. δόρατα let down one's pike, bring it to the rest, X.An.6.5.25; κ. τὰς κώπας let down the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, Th.2.91; rarely of striking, “δι᾽ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος” E.Ph.1413; “καθῆκε ξύλον παιδὸς ἐς κάρα” Id.HF993; κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ to kneel down, Id.Hec.561; “ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν” Id.IT333; κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον let him fall asleep, Id.HF1006; “εἰς κίνδυνον ἐμαυτόν” D.H.5.27; [πώλους] “ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην” E.IA423; of a general, κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς . . let them march into . . , Plb.3.70.11; “εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὴν δύναμιν” Id.3.92.7; κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας lay an ambush, Id.4.63.9:—Pass., stretch down seawards, “ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα” Pl. Criti.118a; “ἕως γῆς τοῦ πρηστῆρος καθιεμένου” Epicur.Ep.2p.47U., cf. p.51 U.; τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς low tone of voice, Hdn.5.2.3.
2. send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη, Th.6.16, Isoc.16.34; of plays, produce, Eratosth. ap. Sch.Ar.Nu.552 (Pass.); “διδασκαλίαν” Plu.Cim.8; so ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι . . γνώμας καθεῖναι (Com. for προθεῖναι) Ar.Ec.397; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ. D.24.15: freq. in later Greek in a general sense, set in motion, employ, Luc.DMeretr.7.4; “κ. ἔς τινας ὑποψίας” Philostr.VA6.38; φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ. employ them, Plu.Per.7, cf. Philostr.VA4.42:—Pass., to be put in motion, “ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα” Hdt.7.138.
3. allow to return from exile, “φυγάδας” X.HG2.2.20.
II. intr., swoop down like a wind, “λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς” Ar.Eq.430; of rivers, run down, “ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου” Pl.Phd.112e; κ. εἰς γόνυ sink on the knee, Plu.Ant.45; κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα, Lat. descendere in arenam, Id.2.616d, Luc.Alex.6; κ. ἐς Ῥόδον arrive there, v.l. for κατῆγεν, Polyaen.5.17.2.
